capital punishment

英 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]

美 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]

n.  死刑; 极刑

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 死刑；极刑
  punishment by death

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 死刑;极刑
  Capital punishmentis punishment which involves the legal killing of a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder.
  1. Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
     多数民主国家已经废除了死刑。

英英释义

noun

• putting a condemned person to death
  Synonym:executionexecutingdeath penalty

双语例句

• Capital punishment is legal in many countries.
  在许多国家里判死刑是合法的。
• Capital punishment is an emotive issue.
  应否有死刑是个容易引起感情用事的问题。
• He's caved in on capital punishment.
  在是否应保留死刑的问题上，他已经让步了。
• The parliament members split on capital punishment.
  议员们对死刑看法不同。
• The nation divides into two camps on the issue of capital punishment.
  国家在资金处罚的问题上分成两个阵营。
• They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent
  他们真的相信死刑具有威慑作用。
• We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment.
  如果我们支持死刑，那就背弃了我们立国的理念。
• After all, capital punishment for economic crimes is not unusual in China.
  毕竟，在中国，对经济犯罪适用死刑并不是什么稀奇事。
• Capital punishment is the only way to deter criminals.
  死刑是唯一的办法，阻止犯罪分子。
• Some people are in favour of restoing capital punishment for murderers.
  一些人赞成恢复对杀人犯的的死刑。